The Pirate Bay is down, it’s not just you [UPDATE]

We all find ourselves from time to time wondering if a particular corner of the Internet we were hoping to access is really down, or if it is just something on our side. Such is the case of Pirate Bay users the world over who can rest assured: it's not just you. For whatever reason, The Pirate Bay is down from one side of the world to the other, and no one is sure why.

Reportedly, most of the proxies aren't responding either, although some are reporting being able to access certain ones still. Overall, however, The Pirate Bay is down across the globe, and thus far no one involved with TPB has provided any reasons for the downtime. Nevertheless, users need not fear - they haven't had their access blocked or any other unfortunate individual-level changes.

The folks over at Torrent Freak report that they've tried to get a reason from Pirate Bay administrators, but that thus far they haven't been given any word on the matter, either. In all likelihood, everything will be back up and functioning like normal soon, after whatever issue is causing the problem is resolved.

As with most downtime, this particular stint is probably being caused by network troubles or a problem with hardware. This isn't the first time The Pirate Bay has gone down. Back in May, for example, it partially went down, with users in the United States, Japan, and some other countries having problems accessing it.

The Pirate Bay hasn't posted anything on its Twitter account for the last handful of hours, but we're keeping an eye out for when things become functional again, or when any sort of official word is given about what might be going on. Until that time comes, rest easy knowing it's not just you, and maybe watch a funny cat video or two on YouTube.

UPDATE: The Pirate Bay has been up and down more than once since this post was posted, and the culprit SEEMS to be a DDOS attack, but until official word from The Pirate Bay itself is sent out, there's no real knowing. At the moment (NOON central time June 12th), the site appears to be fully functional once more.